Today we went and got the big can sealer at our church cannery to bring home and use for three days. We worked fast and furiously tonight for six hours doing milk, potato pearls, and instant refried beans. I feel like I’ve been playing “Head, Shoulder’s, Knees & Toes” non stop! It’s a lot of work to fill up [...]
I loved my job. For the last twenty plus years I was the Executive Director for The Arc, an agency that worked with adults who have developmental disabilities. It’s kind of easy to love your job when you are around people every day who adore you and never think you have a bad hair day and I miss my all my fun [...]
My five favorite electronic gadgets: 1. Nintendo DS – I have avoided electronic games like the plague for years and now I own a DS and am hooked on Animal Crossing (go figure). The grand kids and I have a lot of fun playing this game when we get together. We can visit each other’s villages and [...]
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I started out this morning with a plan in my Baby Boomer head, but it’s apparent the old brain can no longer be completely trusted. I’ve put a lot of stuff in there over the years that is supposed to help me through days like today. It must be password protected. Information just doesn’t flow two ways [...]
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I was a young girl the first time I met Aunt Olive and her appearance and deep, raspy voice frightened me. She wore a loose, sleeveless shift that hung on her shoulders and neck but had to stretch over her swollen stomach. She didn’t have teeth, her face was puffy and there were swollen bags beneath her eyes. Her hair [...]
One of my mother’s good friends (my sister-in law’s mother, actually) passed away this last week and it has caused me to think a lot about the fact that us “kids” are now sitting on the front row … we are the old folks. There is no backup … no other grandparents in front of [...]
